The reign of Swathi Thirunal was a 'Golden Age' in the history of modern Travancore.
He was called by his subjects Garbha Sriman, i.e., one who was the sovereign even from his birth.
The Raja was a great scholar and multilinguist, a musician and musical composer of rare talents.
Meru Swamy, Shadkala Govinda Marar, Vativelu, Ponnayya, Chinnayya, Sivanandhan were belonged to the court of him.
He reformed the judicial system by opening Munsiff's courts for the disposal of petty civil and police cases.
A code of regulations framed on the British Indian Model was issued in 1835.
The 'Suchindram Kaimukku' or ordeal of boiling ghee was stopped by Swathi Thirunal.
He was started the Nair Brigade system.
The Huzur Cutchery and other public offices were shifted from Quilon to Trivandrum in order to enable the Raja to bestow his personal attention on the administration of the state.
An English school was opened at Trivandrum in 1834 and it was converted into Raja's Free School in 1836. District schools were also opened simultaneously as feeds to this central institution.
The Trivandrum Observatory was opened in 1836.
A charity hospital was also set up at the capital.
A department of Engineering was specially set up to attend the works of public utility. An Irrigation Maramath Department was organised to attend to irrigation works in Nanjanad.
The census of the population of the state was taken in 1836 with the help of Tahsildars.
He also started a revenue survey in 1837 AD.
Irayimman Tampi, (who adorned Swathi Tirunal's Court) author of three well known Attakathas an most popular of his literary compositions was the 'Tarattu' (lullaby) beginning with Omanatingal Kidavo.
Sankara Joshier (1790-1858), a high official under Swathi Tirunal. He translated Devi Bhagavatam (Sanskrit work) into Malayalam. But this work was completed by his son Attukal Sankara Pillai.
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